Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Says Some Domestic Travel Could Be Curtailed, and Senate Cancels Recess  —  A Brazilian official tested positive days after being with the president and Vice President Mike Pence, as Americans returning from Europe are grappling with the prospect of self-quarantine for 14 days.

A President Unequal to the Moment  —  Crises clarify.  The bigger the crisis, the more the clarity, which is why the incompetence, dishonesty, and sheer callousness of the Trump Presidency have been clearer in recent days than ever before.  As the coronavirus, as of Wednesday an official pandemic …

EXCLUSIVE: White House Officials Allege Speaker Pelosi Pushed To Include Hyde Amendment Loophole Into Coronavirus Stimulus Plan  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sought to include a potential way to guarantee federal funding for abortion into the coronavirus economic stimulus plan, according to multiple senior White House officials.

Trump's Coronavirus Speech Was a Cry for Help  —  An unnerving revelation struck me as I watched the president* deliver his address to the nation on Wednesday night concerning this country's response to the coronavirus pandemic.  At this point in his woebegone administration* …

Coronavirus burial pits so vast they're visible from space … Two days after Iran declared its first cases of the novel coronavirus — in what would become one of the largest outbreaks of the illness outside of China — evidence of unusual activity appeared at a cemetery near where the infections emerged.

Fed to Inject $1.5 Trillion in Bid to Prevent ‘Unusual Disruptions’ in Markets  —  Move designed to prevent ominous trading conditions stemming from the coronavirus outbreak  —  The Federal Reserve said it would inject more than $1.5 trillion of temporary liquidity into Wall Street on Thursday …

CDC tested only 77 people this week; coronavirus testing slow around the nation  —  WASHINGTON — Despite insistent promises from the Trump administration, coronavirus testing in the United States appears to be proceeding with a marked lack of urgency.  An examination of state and federal records …

Stocks Plunge 10% In Dow's Worst Day Since 1987  —  Benchmarks slide as S&P, Nasdaq join Dow in bear-market territory  —  The U.S. stocks selloff that pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average into a bear market worsened Thursday as the coronavirus pandemic threatened to deeply harm global growth.

Joe Biden appoints Jen O'Malley Dillon as new campaign manager  —  Former vice president Joe Biden has named Jen O'Malley Dillon as his new campaign manager, a major shake-up that comes just as the party's leading candidate plans a major organizational expansion to prepare for the general election …

THE BIDEN PLAN TO COMBAT CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) AND PREPARE FOR FUTURE GLOBAL HEALTH THREATS  —  For more information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding the coronavirus, please visit here.  —  The American people deserve an urgent, robust, and professional response …

CORONAVIRUS RESOURCES  —  Symptoms Travel warnings Ask a question Live updates More coverage  —  Despite assurances from Governor Charlie Baker and top state health officials, Massachusetts doctors say a severe shortage of tests for Covid-19 is hindering efforts to control the local coronavirus outbreak.

Chelsea Manning ordered released from jail  —  Chelsea Manning will be released from jail after a federal judge determined that her testimony was no longer necessary against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.  —  The grand jury investigating the anti-secrecy group is no longer active …

'I'm a hand-shaker': Many older Americans are playing down the coronavirus threat while others opt for safety  —  As experts plead for social distancing, some seniors continue to get together for movies, Zumba and concerts  —  At her home in The Villages, a sprawling central Florida retirement community …

Here's the Biggest Thing to Worry About With Coronavirus  —  We don't have enough ventilators and I.C.U. beds if there's a significant surge of new cases.  As with Italy, the health system could be overwhelmed.  —  The ability of the American health care system to absorb a shock …

Inslee to order all private, public K-12 schools in King, Pierce, Snohomish counties to close through April 24 due to coronavirus concerns  —  Gov. Jay Inslee is planning to announce the closure of all K-12 schools, public and private, in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties for more than a month …

'If I'm Going to Get Sick and Die, I Might as Well Do It at Disney World'  —  Visitors to Disney World and Universal Studios recently seemed unfazed, even as its safety became an increasingly searched online question.  —  When Vice President Mike Pence was asked, earlier this month …

Sanders wins delegate-rich California, NBC News projects  —  California, which voted on March 3, has 415 delegates at stake.  —  Sanders wins California primary, NBC News projects  —  NBC News projected on Thursday that Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., won the Democratic primary in California …

How the Coronavirus Changed the 2020 Political Campaign  —  The three major presidential candidates have quickly pivoted to try to shape a new political discourse, as they face a real-time test of leadership in a national crisis.  —  WASHINGTON — For the past year, the Democratic presidential …

Trump's Oval Office speech did the opposite of what it was supposed to do  —  In times of national crisis, people look to the president for direction, reassurance and confidence.  President Trump's Oval Office speech on Wednesday night provided precisely the opposite.

Russian election meddling is back — via Ghana and Nigeria — and in your feeds  —  Accra, Ghana (CNN)The Russian trolls are back — and once again trying to poison the political atmosphere in the United States ahead of this year's elections.  But this time they are better disguised and more targeted, harder to identify and track.

Pastor says only “sissies” & “pansies” wash their hands to prevent coronavirus  —  Christians who use hand sanitizer have “fake faith” and “no balls.”  —  A conservative Christian pastor issued an angry rebuke of churches taking measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus, calling them …

Democratic debate moved from Arizona to Washington, DC, over coronavirus concerns, DNC announces  —  (CNN)The Democratic debate scheduled for Sunday will be moved from Arizona to Washington, DC, the Democratic National Committee announced Thursday.  —  “Out of an abundance of caution …